Lock for handbag frame members



June 10, 1952 F. POHLIG LOOK FOR HANDBAG FRAME MEMBERS Filed March 18, 1950 INVENTOR. BY Fab/jg Patented June 10, 1952 UNITED STATES LOCK "FOR. HANDBAG FRAME MEMBERS Friedrich Bohlig, Tohyhanna, Ea.

Application'Mareh 18, 195'0,Serial'NoxLSDASl 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to looks for hand bag frame members, and the like, particularly intended for use with ladies bags.

The particular improvement consists in making theknown locking device support, a part of the locking device, so that in case of repair or replacement this may be readily carried out without the difiiculties attendant the known forms.

The invention consists in having a locking device supporting member on one frame member to form part of the locking device, which supporting member acts to support a sleeve controlled by a spring disposed between a platform on said supporting member and the locking cap provided with a pin pivotally engaging the sleeve, which cap engages an abutment on the other frame member to hold the frame members in closed position, and which cap on its rotation is disengaged from the abutment, to enable the frame members to separate.

The invention will be further described, embodiments thereof shown in the drawings, and the invention will be finally set forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a partial perspective view, partially in section, of an embodiment of the invention showing the improvement;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section showing the looking device in locked position;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on line i4 of Fig. 3, such as shown in Fig. 2, but with the locking device in a position to enable the bag frame members to be separated or opened;

Fig. 5 is a front view of the improved locking device; and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of an alternative embodiment.

Similar characters of references indicate corresponding parts throughout the various views.

Referring to the drawings, the known frame members and H are hinged to each other in a manner known and not shown.

To the frame member I I there is secured a supporting member 12 by having its lower end or ends pass through openings l3 in the frame member II, and then upsetting in rivet fashion said ends, as at M (Fig. 3). The supporting member [2 has a vertical portion l and a platform portion Hi, to which a sleeve portion I1 is secured, or made in one piece therewith. The bore I8 of the sleeve portion I1 is engaged by a spindle portion l9 forming part of a cap or knob 28. A washer 2 l, preferably with an upset rivet 22, holds round the. cylindrical-portion .ll and has -.i,ts;end

28 engage a reeessrza in the cap .20. 1

The cap 20 extends from one frame member I I to the other frame member l0, bridging the gap between.

The frame member it has an abutment 30 secured thereto at a longitudinal spaced position in respect to the pivot l9. The cap has an arm St to engage the abutment 30, when the cap 20 is in one position. When the cap 20 is rotated in respect to the pivot IS, in the direction of the arrow 33 (Fig. 4) the arm 31 becomes disengaged from the abutment 3i] and the abutment with its frame member IE) may be moved in the direction of the arrow 34. The displaced position of the cap is shown in dotted lines. This enables the frame members in and l l to separate, and the same to be opened.

The cap 28 has another arm 35 with an inner surface 36 which is parallel to and contiguous to the outer surface 3'! of the platform l6, and this contiguity prevents the cap 20 being rotated in a direction opposite to the arrows 33.

The swinging of the cap 20 in the direction of the arrows 33 is limited by the inner surface 38 of the cap abutting against the outer corner surface 39 of the platform lb.

The platform H5 at its front has a rounded or arcuate protuberance lea, a portion of which acts as a cam for the abutment, and the arm 3| has a cam surface em for the abutment 30 to enter. The inner surface 31b of the arm 31 is slightly inclined to the front plane of the wall I61) of the platform It, and the inner tip of the arm 31 con tacts with the periphery of the abutment below the diameter of abutment one end of which contacts with the curved portion lid. The abutment 3c is thus held between the curved surface Him and the arm 3!.

An alternative construction is shown in Fig. 6, in which the longitudinal length of the cap 20a is transverse to both frame members instead of the longitudinal length being aligned with the frame members, as in Fig. i. The parts, shown in Fig. 6 are like the parts described, excepting that spring 25a, like the spring 25, now has its free end abut against a pin 4"?! on the frame member H, and the abutment 30a is like the abut-. ment 3D, excepting now in line with the pivot I9. The cap 20a is limited in one direction of its movement by the abutting surfaces, 4| and 42; and in the other direction by the abutting surfaces 43 and H.

In the embodiments, the member I5 is secured directly to one frame member, and supports the platform, sleeve, the spring and the cap; and the interior surfaces of the cap abut against the plat= form to limit the rotary movement of the cap moving in the sleeve.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and-described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I claim:

For use with a pair of complementary frame members of a handbag, fastening means for said frame members comprising a supporting member adapted to be mounted on one of the frame members and having a platform overlying said frame member, a cap rotatably mounted on the platform and having a recessed bottom portion defining a skirt, said skirt rotatably encompassing the peripheral edges of the platform and being adapted to abut said edges to limit the rotation of the cap in one direction and prevent rotation thereof in an opposite direction, said skirt having one wall thereof formed with an opening to define .4 a pair of arms, one of said arms being slightly hook shaped and having a free end engageable at its inner surface with an abutment adapted to be disposed on the other of said frame members, the outer surface of the end defining a cam engageable with the abutment to rotate the cap against the urgement of the spring as the frame members are brought together, the abutment riding over the cam surface and being engaged by the inner surface of the end of said arm, and an arcuate protuberance formed on the edge of the platform confronting the arms, said protuberance being positioned on the edge so that it clampingly engages the abutment with the arm at a point below a line drawn diametrically through the center of the protuberance and transversely of the cap.

FRIEDRICH POHLIG.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Poeter Feb. 20. 193% Number 

